Feedback & Reports

Difficult day very few fish rising. a lovely quiet beat Access is an issue here that people should be aware of I took my ageing uncle and he could not access a large proportion of the river. There is no sign of the "ladders" and "hand rails" mentioned in the description of the beat.

2 Trout

Despite warm and humid conditions at Lyepole there was not much fly life and little evidence of rising fish, at least between 1 and 4pm when I was there. Several plucks on a weighted nymph but nothing to hand for me today.

Having fished the day before was a bit more prepared for what lay ahead. Parked up around 4:30am with and reduced my gear to the minimum (although still seemed to way a ton) and took waders. Went up to the swims opposite the Islands again and decided to rotate between 3 swims, fishing one swim having fed the next. No more than an hour (or two fish )in each before moving to the next.
Worked well with fish being caught regularly during the day 12 Barbel (4lb 1oz - 7lb 10oz) and 12 Chub (incuding a Wye Personal Best of 5lb 2oz).
Had to pack up at 8pm which was a shame as I'd just lost two in two cast (both shedding the hook into weed) but was faced with the walk back to the car and a 4 hour drive . The 47 step climb at the end once again got the heart racing.
All in all over the 2 days I fished the beat I would say that this is in my Top 5 of Wye and Usk Foundation beats, however I've got a feeling that at the height of the summer, the swims at the top end may be a bit busy. There's caravan hook up points in the field and I guess the owner has a camp site there. And it's a perfect spot for the Canoes to stop, but early/late season. And those in the bottom/middle sections are likely to be restricted by anglers on the extremely popular far bank.

12 Barbel, 12 Chub

Having fished the day before was a bit more prepared for what lay ahead. Parked up around 5am with and reduced my gear to the minimum (although still seemed to way a ton) and took waders. Went up to the swims opposite the Islands again and decided to rotate between 3 swims, fishing one swim having fed the next. No more than an hour (or two fish )in each before moving to the next. Started fishing at around 6am
Worked well with fish being caught regularly during the day 12 Barbel (4lb 1oz - 7lb 10oz) and 12 Chub (incuding a Wye Personal Best of 5lb 2oz).
Had to pack up at 8pm which was a shame as I'd just lost two in two cast (both shedding the hook into weed) but was faced with the walk back to the car and a 4 hour drive . The 47 step climb at the end once again got the heart racing.
All in all over the 2 days I fished the beat I would say that this is in my Top 5 of Wye and Usk Foundation beats, however I've got a feeling that at the height of the summer, the swims at the top end may be a bit busy. There's caravan hook up points in the field and I guess the owner has a camp site there. And it's a perfect spot for the Canoes to stop, but early/late season. And those in the bottom/middle sections are likely to be restricted by anglers on the extremely popular far bank.

12 Barbel, 12 Chub

fish taken mid morning from small deep pools on size 16 GRHE, including an impressive grayling of about 1lb. Trout of about 8 inches and ten inches. Upper reaches very pretty but only yielding salmon par.

2 Trout, 1 Grayling

Never been here before , great parking , and the scenery is delightful as ever , these are the beats I love to fish , rocky banks that taper off , and plenty of room to cast and set up , bank sticks might be a problem here , bring a pod or something,
Fishing was steady most of the day , but once evening set in it went up a notch , bites got more frequent and fish got bigger .
Fantastic day , lots of wildlife , didn't want to leave .

8 Barbel, 2 Chub

Many swims to pick from on this venue and easy access made for a pleasurable days fishing.
Barbel were caught on pellet on the deeper water on the inside. The river was quite low.

2 Barbel

2 Barbel, 8 Chub

Nice beat caught fish on pellets with a feeder .

6 Barbel, 5 Chub

Only 6hrs fishing but really good day, enjoyed. Feeder tactic used. Thanks WUF.

7 Barbel, 12 Chub